We want to hear from you, residents! You’ll receive a survey notification via email after a work order is complete, when you renewal your lease, or if you just moved into our community! Simply complete the survey, and include your information, to be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card every quarter! 💻💬#LiveWell#LiveLerner#Survey#ApartmentLiving#VirginiaLiving

We want to hear from you, residents! You’ll receive a survey notification via email after a work order is complete, when you renewal your lease, or if you just moved into our community! Simply complete the survey, and include your information, to be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card every quarter! 💻💬#LiveWell#LiveLerner#ApartmentLiving#Survey#VirginiaLiving

Leaning tower of Jordan 🤣 Yep, still working on that balance 🤷🏻‍♀️ . . Hey girl, it’s a short week that ends with stuffing and sweet potato casserole 😍 (anddddd shopping if you’re into that) — so make it a good one 😘 Tell me, what’s your FAVORITE Thanksgiving dish!? #NeverMissAMonday

While the two pictures may not look all that different to you, I can see and feel the difference between day 1 (left picture) and day 21 (right picture). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Over the course of three weeks, I have pushed and broken through both my physical and mental limits. Through this program, I have changed my mindset from “it’s too hard” to “just one more” and “embrace the challenge”. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I loved how this program brought light to the fact that there is no shame in modifying. Many times I had to modify due to strained muscles, but I knew that I was still getting an amazing workout and that I would get amazing results! In fact, I’m starting to uncover my long absent six pack 😁 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ While this program may be completed, my journey is far from over. Here’s to the next adventure....are you ready to join me? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#virginialiving#fitandfierce#shiftwithtrai#shiftshopprovinggrounds#sixpacktraining#happyautumn#lifestylechangenotadiet#mindsetofgreatness

It was one of those Mort Kunstler meets Matthew Brady in a Virginia State Park kind of moments... except with women, horses, and a camera in place of guns and paint brushes. Like art, equestrians, too, have our own meta-culture and idiosyncrasies only those within understand... like the olfactory appeal to be around the intoxicating smell of your horse, the smile as you feel then pick hay out of your hair four hours later, and the anticipated impatient stomps of frustration from your mate when the jockey does not put that well-oiled saddle on quickly enough. Yet all technical and emotional quirks aside, Lake Anna is the place for the adventure your horse wants to share with you, if you were not there today already. She/he will love you for it- and you will love yourself a little more, just by making it all come together.

See, that is the thing about adventures with an animal you are deeply bonded with... the beauty, the smells, the people and creatures you meet along the way... these memory-makers help you fall in love with a better you. We grow better, which helps us become better friends, moms, lovers, workers, volunteers, and resourcers of our own gifts.

So when did you last go out and explore a park, monument, or landmark with a close friend, a child, or animal? How did it change you in the process? If you liked it, do it again. If it has been awhile, maybe it is time to do it again, too.

Wow! Little ole us won three reader’s choice “Best of” awards in Virginia Living’s Drink issue! We didn’t even know about it, so we didn’t ask anyone to vote for us. Best red blend, white blend, and Vidal Blanc. Thanks to everyone who voted. #vawine#pcva#swva#virginialiving#virginiaisforwinelovers

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Wishing you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. We are headed to our beloved California on Wednesday. While we will be safe in Sacramento, our thoughts and hearts will be with all of the families and first responders suffering terrible losses and challenges due to the wild fires. Hug your family extra tight this holiday. . Here’s a peek at what I’m baking today - Pecan Pie Bars for the amazing @makingyoufeelathome and her clients. One of my favorite orders of the year! I always make an extra batch for my family. 😋 .#pecanpiebars#pecanpie#thanksgiving#pastrychef#virginialiving

We're not in Mexico anymore. We arrived to Virginia after a crazy ice storm had just blown through. Now roaming around the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA! And these mountains have been transformed into an icy winter wonderland. It's a beautiful scene that's providing quite a drastic contrast to where we came from. Excited for some winter trekking in this enchanting environment!

Our December 2018 issue—on newsstands now! Featuring recipes for a wild game feast, a mountain retreat in Bath County, everything you need to know about chestnuts, German comfort food in Staunton, a look at VCU's new Institute for Contemporary Arts, the winners of this year's Made in Virginia Awards, including sweet vermouth from Flying Fox in Afton, our Top Hospitals 2018 and more. Pick up your copy today, or order one now at Shop.VirginiaLiving.com • •#virginia#virginialiving#december

Living the flower dream at @strawberryfieldsrva. Being a florist is amazing.... especially when you are surrounded by wonderful coworkers and get to make cool things like this! Thank you Deanna for hiring me back in 2013. ♡ I can't imagine doing anything else.

For #nationalcomingoutday🌈 enjoy this weird pic of me at my first pride festival as a completely open queer woman. Also, unintentionally on this day 2 years ago I came out to my parents, so there’s that